Each year biological engineering students take on BAE Senior Design.
The idea behind the Senior Design Program is simple: Learn by doing.
That concept has driven the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) program for more than 50 years – and has produced results that have benefited industry, local government and communities across the state.
A requirement for all graduating seniors, the Senior Design Program kicks off in the fall semester and runs through the spring. The students work independently, forming their own teams, choosing their projects, sourcing materials and building solutions. Students have access to their faculty mentor, their industry sponsor, and an advisory mentor as well as any other faculty or student in the department that might be able to provide insight.
Much like every year, the 2019 project range in topics from mobile shellfish hatcheries to creating a GPS-enabled precision seeder to beautify North Carolina’s highways.
Digital Classroom & Well Monitoring
Digital Classroom & Well Monitoring
Akira Romero-Berube, Emma Thomas, Sindy Huang, Jessica Conner
Treatment of Brewery Wastewater: An Ecological Approach
Connor Brown, Sarah Turner, Alisha Hudson, Richard Wright
TYE No-Till Drill Seed Meter Redesign
Ethan Green, Garrett Fussell, Ben Malinda
 Postharvest Handling of Chopped Biomass
Feedstocks through Densification for Long
Term Storage
Carrie Sanford, Lucas Mitchell, Hannah Monroe
Design of a Marine Aquaculture Feedwater
Transfer System
Noah Chomsky, Samuel Tracy, Kaitlin Perkins
River Restoration: Facilitating Small Fish Passage
Andrew Yount, William Sally, Colleen Ferguson, Carmen Tormey, Samanual Martin
Precision Seeders
Ryan Jackson, Ryan Phillips, Ben Foote, Sam Beavans
Modified JET Erosion Test
Ryder Fair, Benjamin Tan, William McCarrick, McMullen
Optimized Shellfish Hatchery
Russel Smith, Justin Traenkle, James Edwards, Nathaniel Eddy
Photovoltaic Installments in Agricultural Settings
Rushi Atluri, Davis Hudson, Benjamin Branzelle, Garrison Fratoni